Daily Republican., 1887-03-14

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Will Jon please allow . humble oiti
Een to say . few words. / have beer
rea0tnR your paper for many year
under tho administrAt3oo Of the d NO
tcraes and Republicans ef our city. and
believe you always have given ouI
people . true statement Of the workipaa
Ios our city fathers, ~ far ~ you were
allowed 70 know them. Now, how
would IL do 10 bring up the workings Of
our most worthy Street Oommi.tee and
our very Gentlemaniy Street Comm 3
slonG and ask them . few que. tious7
We all know there was q large amount
|of money spent last summer and Il /.
and have my serious doubts II one OF
that body would have spent his own
money 90 reckless as hr was willing to
vote the city's money away.
l would venture to say that the clti-
zons Of Wilmington could have better
cleaned and more respectable streets for
tw0-thirds Of the money spent, II 10 was
spent with any regard to proper man.
asement; but the m ohey doss not belong
to them. and therefore you sec the
amount It requires. Now let me ask
some Of our Democratic friends to visit
Second street, from Washington street
vest, and SEE the VOL msuship dis
played in that job. l suppose our
worthy Street Commissioner will say
they laid . sewer In the str. ct. Well.
they did below Jeffsrson street, bu !
look ~ the street between Washington
aad Justison and bstwe Justison and
Jefferson strests. There are ruts in q
nav paved street which are In some
places ten inctes deep, snd the city
paid for the job and our worthy Com.
missioner passed the work, supposing
Il to b. oil rieh..
Nov, don't he get . large salary
(lately raised), 70 attend TO the city
work, to see 1t done righ2 II 90, then
has he done his duts2 Well, some peo-
pie say It Was oaused BY the city putting
dirt under the stone Ia place OF sAnd.
Now that might be the cause, but did
our commissioner not know the dirt was
not q ? My opinion is that there should
have been plenty of good sand. but our
worthy city fathers thought differently,
and bought bank Of dirt not sand |,
which don't believe one ofthem would
have allowed TO 60 On job II they had
TO pay for 1t themselves. Now let me
ask, what would be the objection OF
putting the work IN the banda OF good,
capable men, who believe would give
us better and cleaner streets with very
few exoe ptionf? There il not o street
In this CITY that 10 not really dangerous
- drive over, and Ia certainly . dis.
grace.
Let me suggest to the city fathers to
invite our honorable body of Legislators
to visit our streets, and tell them how
much money the city spends on the m
. ID explain to that body the working
OF the Street Committee and how the
morey 10 spent. I will hazard my
reputation there Is not q member that
would not willingly ssy no more such
work. Let the people Of this city have
good, healthy streets, which can be had
for two thirds of the money now spent
BY putting The work In the har de of
GOOD, honest men. We have . water
o ,mu ission composed Of that kind OF
u en-. TO which as very u. uch opposed
when spoken OF, but now l could not
think Of changing 1t to what 1t was
once. l believe the longer we have the
commission the better We will like II,
and Its worst enemies will be Its warm
est friends.
Now, am anxious that our taxpny.
ers should calmly think and exam Inc
the work and money spent for 1t, then
ask Themselves how much longer shall
such work be allowed to 60 on. Dent
let us sit down and say the Legislature
will not help us. believe they will,
for they are men who will do what ID
right II proper represen tatlons are made
TO them by our citizens. 1 don't mean
BY these q lot OF politicians who would
sell their birthright TO carry their poin,
either way. Ifsuch men were allowed
TO stay home and attend to their own
business ~ good, honest % en-, we would
have better laws and much less trouble.
A TAXPAYER.